Layne Fargo has a background in theater, women’s studies, and library science, so it’s only fitting that she now writes deliciously dramatic, unapologetically feminist stories for a living. She’s the author of the novels The Favorites, They Never Learn, and Temper, as well as co-author on the bestselling Young Rich Widows series.
[My Book, The Movie: They Never Learn]
At CrimeReads Fargo tagged nine books "that pair the Gothic with the glam." One title on the list:
The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita MontimoreRead about the other titles on the list at CrimeReads.
David Lynch meets Disney in this thoroughly original dark academia novel, featuring a school for teen stars that’s hiding a mass grave of dark secrets underneath its polished exterior. We follow Ivy, a veteran actress who’s been at the titular academy for 18 years, plus Ramona and Grace, two up-and-coming ingenues eager to follow in Ivy’s footsteps. The Dollhouse Academy’s denizens will do anything for success—including subjecting themselves to constant surveillance and strange experiments. Montimore proves that sometimes the shiny, happy, and perky can be even more disturbing than obvious evil.
--Marshal Zeringue
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